It's great to hear about how they were lean and hungry, but no wonder they were such great friends. Living in poverty like that, sharing their interests and isolation in culture... Someday, this would make a great topic for an anime.

elKaDor

Sweden376 Posts

June 04 2017 09:29 GMT

#24

Do you worry that the difficulty will keep the game from appealing to casual players?

Artosis: Not really. Everyone plays sports and they’re nowhere near the pro level at that. Just because you can’t dunk a basketball doesn’t mean you won’t shoot some hoops. Even though this is such a ridiculously hard game to play well, you can always find someone of your level to play with, and it’s still going to be a lot of fun, even if you’re not Michael Jordan or Flash.

This is probably one of the best quotes
I think if blizzard didnt make a ladder system for SC:R there would be pretty much only oldschoolers, But with the laddersystem there will be many newcomers that will see their progress

azrael1965

13 Posts

June 04 2017 10:21 GMT

#25

Nice read! Thanks and yes broodwar is almost perfect.

Copymizer

Denmark2087 Posts

June 04 2017 11:15 GMT

#26

Great interview! Amazing to see them wear pure pwnage t-shirts as a huge fan myself. It's gonna be interesting to see the development of brood war when remastered is released

esdf

Croatia736 Posts

June 04 2017 16:31 GMT

#27

great interview. loved this part,

pretty much think this killed "quake isn't popular because it's too hard" argument as well

Chef

10810 Posts

June 04 2017 17:06 GMT

#28

Didn't know things were that tough for them before they hit their stride with SC2. It's cool there's money in BW for them to go back to the original passion.

I had thought you could pretty easily replace English commentators very cheaply just translating the Korean cast by some anonymous translator, but there is something magical about the Tastosis story that even got me to watch SC2 sometimes.

You always hear about people making sacrifices, but living in a foreign land with no money and not bailing is kind of the epitome of determination. That's more than just doing something out of the goodness of your heart.

Falling

Canada11350 Posts

June 04 2017 17:15 GMT

#29

Wow. That's some serious sacrifices they made. There's no way I could have done that but I'm so grateful they did.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

June 04 2017 17:44 GMT

#30

Good read, didn't know about the sacrifices that they made. In the end, managed to pay off in this case.

Hushfieldx

Belgium64 Posts

June 04 2017 18:15 GMT

#31

Nice read. The part about what they sacrificed in their early days in Korea reminded me of that Sons of StarCraft documentary from a few years ago.

Pretty hyped for SC:R, and I really like how they question today's emphasis on being good at something or not wanting to play at all. There is honour in in hours of practice!

Antisocialmunky

United States5912 Posts

June 04 2017 18:33 GMT

#32

Its kinda funny, after I found out that I basically grew up down the street from Plott family, I looked up the most successful people from around where I grew up.

Turns out that Nick and Sean are tied at a solid 3rd after Paul Rudd (Ant Man) and Brian McClendon (Google Earth).

Its so crazy that I never met them but hung out at the same places they did. I wonder if they ever went to the old BattleZone LAN place near my house. I had some friends that might have played them in BW if they did. Small world.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28667 Posts

June 04 2017 19:14 GMT

#33

archmage-danny is the greatest. nice read, much wisdom, love you both!

marcesr

Germany1383 Posts

June 04 2017 21:28 GMT

#34

On June 03 2017 17:56 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:
if you can get good at StarCraft, you can be good at absolutely anything.

So true Artosis! I observed this in many aspects in life. PhD level economics is nowehere near as hard as making it to the top in Starcraft (which I never managed to do despite spending endless hours on improvement).

StarStruck

25339 Posts

June 05 2017 00:35 GMT

#35

On June 05 2017 03:33 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Its kinda funny, after I found out that I basically grew up down the street from Plott family, I looked up the most successful people from around where I grew up.

Turns out that Nick and Sean are tied at a solid 3rd after Paul Rudd (Ant Man) and Brian McClendon (Google Earth).

Its so crazy that I never met them but hung out at the same places they did. I wonder if they ever went to the old BattleZone LAN place near my house. I had some friends that might have played them in BW if they did. Small world.

probably because they were glued to their PCs ;D

ilsamsamchil

155 Posts

June 05 2017 03:15 GMT

#36

On June 04 2017 10:47 igay wrote:

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This is so bloody good

I always hated this sentiment - before it was l2pn00b, now it's cry on communities until some dev comes around to see it.

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

June 05 2017 03:34 GMT

#37

Fun interview it's great that they managed to grind over the bad times and made the best out of it and earning the big moneys now

Dante08

Singapore4128 Posts

June 05 2017 11:47 GMT

#38

Really appreciate their efforts and glad both of them are doing well right now!

Hamzilla

United States143 Posts

June 06 2017 03:46 GMT

#39

Great interview. <3 these guys.

Chosi

Germany1302 Posts

June 06 2017 09:19 GMT

#40

Love the interview. Met Tasteless (along with a lot of TL folks) in Paris and that was one of the best nights ever (Edit: this was what I got my icon for! Thanks Manni). Damn, this was almost 10 years ago..

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